Interstate commerace

In the Deseret News on March 29 2012 an article titled "Interstate commerce' is a magic term that can justify anything".  The article addresses the issue of  the use of the Interstate Commerce and more importantly what it sees as the misuse of Interstate Commerce.  It cited the case of Wickard v. Filburn in which the U.S. Department of Agriculture fined Filburn for growing too much wheat even though the extra was purely for the farmer's use and never intended it to be sent into public circulation.  The article suggests that since virtually everthing can affects everything, even slightly, that Interstate Commerce can "justify virtually any expansion of government power".  This is an over simplification of the article but the basic idea is that, if it wanted to, the government can justify the use of the Interstate Commerce when it suits them and such "power to regulate indirect effects is  not a slippery slope.  It is the disastrous loss of freedom that lies at the bottom of a slippery slope."  I'm no expert on this subject but it does seem that the use of Interstate Commerce can appear to be used as it suits the government's needs.